1.   A few days into our visit, Antonio woke up covered with flea bites.

2.   Even humans can suffer from flea bites.

3.   For decades, patrons sitting on the antediluvian upholstered seats have complained of flea bites and other welts.

4.   Specifically, the cause is always flea bites or direct exposure to a sick animal.

5.   Usually, a flea bite, at least with New England fleas, results in little more than an itchy spot.

6.   While bubonic plague is spread by flea bites, pneumonic plague can be communicated directly from individual to individual.

7.   Plague is a bacterial disease of rodents that generally is transmitted through flea bites.

8.   Plague, transmitted to humans from rats through the flea bites, has emerged in India in isolated areas during the past century.

9.   Plague, transmitted to humans from rats through flea bites, has emerged in India in isolated areas during the past century.

10.   Bubonic plague spreads through rat flea bites while the highly-infectious pneumonic variety is carried through germs in the air.